WVC 8-7-4
PART III. DECREASE OF CORPORATE LIMITS BY MINOR
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.§8-7-4. Decreasing corporate limits by minor boundary adjustment.
In the event a municipality desires to decrease its corporate
limits by making a minor boundary adjustment, the governing body of
such municipality may apply to the county court of the county
wherein the municipality or the major portion of the territory
thereof is located for permission to effect such decrease in the
corporate limits by minor boundary adjustment.

Such application shall disclose the number of individuals
residing in the territory which would be eliminated from the
corporate limits by the proposed change, and shall have attached
thereto an accurate map showing the metes and bounds of such
territory.

If satisfied that the change sought is only a minor boundary
adjustment, the county court shall order publication of a notice of
the proposed decrease in the corporate limits and of the date and
time set by the court for a hearing on such proposal. Publication
shall be as in the case of an order calling for an election, as set
forth in section two of this article. A like notice shall be
prominently posted at not less than five public places within the
territory which would be eliminated from the corporate limits by
the proposed change.

If the freeholders of such territory who are present or are
represented at the hearing are not substantially opposed to the
proposed boundary change, the court may enter an order decreasing
the corporate limits of the municipality as requested, which order may be reviewed by the circuit court as an order of a county court
ordering an election may be reviewed under section sixteen, article
five of this chapter. After the date of such order, the corporate
limits of the municipality shall be as set forth therein, unless
judicial review is sought under the provisions of said section
sixteen. If the proposed change is substantially opposed at the
hearing by any such freeholder, the court shall dismiss the
application. Dismissal of any such application shall not preclude
proceedings in accordance with the provisions of sections two and
three of this article. The municipality shall pay the costs of all
proceedings under this section.

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